Meyriez

Coat of arms

Meyriez

Location of Meyriez

Coordinates: 46°55′N 7°7′E / 46.917°N 7.117°ECoordinates: 46°55′N 7°7′E / 46.917°N 7.117°E

Country

Government

• Executive

Conseil communal/Gemeinderat
with 5 members

• Mayor

Syndic/Gemeindeammann

Area

• Total

0.34 km² (0.13 sq mi)

Elevation

435 m (1,427 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

592

• Density

1,700/km² (4,500/sq mi)

Postal code

3280

SFOS number

2271

Surrounded by

Greng, Haut-Vully, Murten/Morat

Website

www.meyriez.ch
SFSO statistics

Meyriez (German: Merlach) is a municipality in the district of See or du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Meyriez is first mentioned in 1162 as de Meriaco. In 1178 it was mentioned as Meriei.

Meyriez has an area of 0.34 km² (0.13 sq mi). Of this area, 0.01 km² (0.0039 sq mi) or 2.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0 km² (0 sq mi) or 0.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.3 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 88.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 5.9% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 61.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 17.6%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 2.9% is used for growing crops.

The municipality is located in the See/Lac district. This former fishing village is now a commuter town and part of the agglomeration of Morat.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, two Fishes endorsed Argent.

Meyriez has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 592. As of 2008^[update], 7.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 15.7%. Migration accounted for 13.9%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.5%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (444 or 81.2%) as their first language, French is the second most common (74 or 13.5%) and Italian is the third (8 or 1.5%).

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